On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:03:42 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Aug 5, 10:30*pm, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:28:06 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:34:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Ditch the lightning bolt. it make it look too cramped. Tom.

I thought it was kind of "electrifying". *

We had a couple of strikes here this afternoon less than 500 ft away,
almost no delay between flash and bang. *That certainly gets your
attention.

Last summer, we had a number of similar incidents - I figured they
were all on the other side of the lake.

NNNNOOOOOOO........

I went down back the other day and found six dead swamp oak trees -
typical strikes - bark stripped, burn marks down the trunks and deader
than a door nail.

Good fire wood!

Time for cutting and splitting so it will cure for at least next year.

Nah - dead wood like this is not great for burning - it's like using a
newspaper to heat your house - burns too fast.

Three to six months max on curing time.